Wringer mechanism



Feb. 9 1926.

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Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. ALBERT J'. DREMEL, OF RACINE, '\I SCONSIN,ASSIGNOR T0 THE MAYTAG COMPANY,

OF NEWTON, IOWA, A CORPORATION OF IOWA.

WRINGER MECHANISM.

original application' med February 11, 1918; sai-iai No. 216,436.Divided and this applicatio'n riad January 12, 1920.

To all u2/1,0m t may concer/r1:

Be it known that I, ALBERT J. DREMEL, a

citizvenlor' the United States, residing at Racine, in the county ofRacine and State otlVisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Wringer Mechanism, of which the followingn is aspecltication. This invention relates to wringers and associatedmechanisms for the operation of the samefthis application being adivision of my pending application, Serial N o. 216,- 436, filed Feb.11, 1918.

Among the objects of my invention are to provide a wringer having aninstantly releasable catch by which the clothes can be quickly releasedin case any article becomes entwined around the rollers or cloggedtherebetween; further, to provide a wringer which, by a simple movement,can be tilted to accommodate wringing in either direction, which tiltingmovement will automatically carry the drain board into proper position;further, to provide an adjustment to permit the wringer to behorizontally swung into any one of a plurality of adjusted positions;further, to eliminate all wood in construction; further, to reduce toarminimum the number of controlling levers; and such further objects,advantages and capabilities as will later appear.

j My invention further resides in the combination, construction, andarrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and whileI have shown therein a preferred embodiment, I desire it to beunderstood that the same is susceptible of modiiication and changewithout departing fromV the spirit of my invention.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is an end elevation of awringer constructed according to myimproved invention. l

Fig. 2 is a front elevation at right angles to that shown in Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same structure.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical section through the wringer gearing`and mechanism for operating the` cylinder.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section'through the Serial No. 350,856.

`Lringer gearing taken on the line 5-7-5 of 1g. 3. Fig. 6 is ahorizontal section through the wringer operating clutch mechanism takenFig. 8 is a side elevation of the wringer gearing cover.

Fig. 9 is a vertical section taken on the line 9 9 of Fig. 5, andlooking in thev direction of the arrows.

Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. 9 but showing the top guard plateswung just prior to raising the top roller, and in position to unlockthe same.

Fig. 11 is a view similar to Fig. l0, but showing the top roller inelevated position.

Referring in detail to the drawings, my improved washing machinecomprises the upright frame or stand 1, having the legs 2, and carryingthe tank 4. Upon the upper corner of the tank frame is the bracket 3upon which is mounted the wringer. .Suitably bolted to the bracket 3 isa second bracket 74 comprising vthe upper arm 75 and the lower arm 76,each of which arms is provided with suitable bearings vfor the sleeves77 and 78 respectively, and in which sleeves Vis journaled the verticalshaft 79, loosely mounted upon, which are the bevelled gears 80 and 81,which in turn mesh with the bevelled gear 82 fixed upon the shaft 83,

whicho-shaft carries the lower roller 84 of the wringer. The roller 84is rotatably geared with the upper roll 85 through the medium of thegears 86 and 87 Rotatably mounted upon thesleeves 77 and 78 and betweenthe arms 75 and 76 is the gear housing 88, which as -seen in Fig. 6 isprovided with the flat front'face 89, which is recessed at 90, and towhich face its the cover plate 91, which has integrally formed therewiththe outwardly extending sleeve 92, upon which is journaled thebearing 93of the main portion of the wringer frame whereby the wringer isrotatably mounted upon the sleeve 92, as best shown in 5.

The means for reversing the direction of rotation of the wringer rollscomprise the sleeve 94 (see Fig. 6), which is keyed to the shaft 79 andthe exterior surface of which is substantially square in cross section.Slidably mounted upon this sleeve 94 is the clutch 95, which is providedwith the circumferential groove 96, within which fits the plate 97,whlch is provided with the opening 98, within which opening is adaptedto tit pin 99, which is eccentrically carried by the disc 100. This discis lixed upon the end of the shaft 101 to rotate therewith when thisshaft is rotated by a suitable manipulation of the handle 102 mountedupon the sleeve 103. From this construction, it will be seen that'bythrowing the handle 102 to one side or the other, the shaft 101 will becorrespondingly rotated, which in turn rotates the disc 100, causing theplate 97 to be elevated or lowered, thus elevating or lowering thesliding clutch 95,

the ends of which are suitably formed t0 engage corresponding clutchsurfaces in the gears 80 and 81. These gears being located ondiametrically o posite sides of the gear 82 will, as is obvious, causethe same to rotate in one direction or the other, in accordance withwhich of the gears 80 or 8l is being driven by the clutch 95.

In order to lock the clutch in elevated or lowered position, I haveprovided the disc with a pluralit of openings 104, within any one ofwhic may engage the tapered end of the pin 106, which pin is resilientlyheld in engagement in said openings by the coil spring 107 mounted inthe opening 108 and held between the end of the pin 106 and the innersurface of the plug 109. This, as will be apparent, is suiiicient tohold these parts against any ordinary pressure or jar and yet willpermit these parts to be moved upon suilicient pressure being exerted uon the handle 102. It will be noted that t e shaft 101 is fixed to thesleeve 103 by meansfof the pin 110.

The lower arm 76 ofthe bracket 74 is extended downwardly to form the legl111, which leg is suitably bored and in which is journaled the lowerend of the shaft 79. This leg 111 is provided at its end with the flange112, to which flange is suitably bolted the integral gear housing 113,which housing is provided aty its opposite sides with the bearings 114and 115, within which is journaled the shaft 116. lUpon the shaft 116 isxed the bevelled gear 117, which in turn meshes with the bevelled gear118 i'ixed upon the lower end of the shaft 79. The shaft 116 projects asubstantial distance beyond the end of the bearing and has fixedthereupon the sprocket wheel 119, which sprocket wheel is in alinementwith a sprocket wheel on a shaft 44, and over which two sprocket wheelsruns the sprocket chain 120, by means of which rotation is transmittedfrom the drive shaft 44 to the Yend the handle 131.

shaft 116, and in'turn tothe wringer rolls 84 and 85. Suitably placedover the sprocket wheel 119 and boltedtc the flange 112 by bolts 121 andto the integral housing 113 .by bolts 122v is the housing 123, which islocked in any one of a plurality lof horizontal positions,the'lowerf-arm 76 of the bracket 74 is provided with a flange 125, whichflange is in turn provided around its circumference with a plurality ofnotches 126. Extending downwardly from the cover plate 91 of the gearhousing and, as best seen in Figs. 5 and 8', is the projection 127,which projection is provided with the opening 128 in line with which isthe cylindrical bore 129.y

Slidably mounted within the opening 128 is the stem 130, which carriesupon its outer y Encircling this stem and located within the'cylindricalbore 129 is the coil spring 132, which spring is suitably com ressedbetween the closed end of the cylin rical bore and .the collar 133secured upon the stem 130, constantly impelling this stem inwardly,whereby its tapered end 134 may be brought into engagement with any oneof the notches 126 desired, thus locking the wringenin any one of aplurality of horizontal positions, whereby the same may be madeto wringclothes either directly from the tank, or from a separate rinsing tub,into a separate basket, or in any other position in which it is desiredto operate the same.y As will be obvious, the stem 130 can be pulledoutwardly by pressure exerted upon the handle 131, whereby to releasethe end 134 from the notches 126 pre aratory to' rotating the wringerinto a di erent position.

As stated above, the wringer is mounted for vertical rotation upon thesleeve 92,

whereby the wringer frame and the' drain board 135, which is securedthereto at the bottom, may be quickly and suitable tilted towards eitherside, whereby to accommodate wringing in either direction.l In order tolock the wringer in the desired one of these tilted positions, I haveprovided a suitable locking means which I will now describe. As shown inFig.a8, the projection 127 of the cover plate 91 is provided with theapertures 136 and 137, and the downwardly extending le@r 138 `of thewringer frame is also provided with an aperture which can be either oneof the apertures 136 or 137 upon suitable rotation of the wringer uponthe rought into registry with pressure upon the rod 152, which rod isplosleeve 92. Extendin through' the aperture in the leg 138 is t e rod139, which as shown in Fig. 2, extends at its outer end through theapertured projection 140. This rod is formed at its free end with asuitable handle 141 and at a point removed from the end with the collar142. A coil spring 143 encirclesl the rod 139, and is compressed betweenthe projection 140 and the collar 142, whereby to impel the rod 139 in adirection towards the left in Fig. 2. It will thus be seen that when'theaperture in the leg 138 is brought into re istry with either of theapertures 136 and 13 that the rod 139 under the action of the spring 143will enter these apertures, and thus lock the wringer in the desiredtilted position. The drain board 135 being secured to the wringer willat the4 same time that the wringer is tilted, be automatically throwninto proper position to accommodate wringing 1n the direction for whichthe wringer is tilted. These two positions of the wringer are indicatedin Fig. 9, it being shown in full lines as tilted to one side, and indotted lines as tilted to the op-v posite side.

The wringer comprises the end bearing 93, which, as explained above, isrotatably mounted upon the sleeve 92, and at its opposite end isprovided with the bearing 143,

-between which bearings are secured, or if desired, formed integrallytherewith, the

the drain board 135. The lower roll 84 is journaled at'one end in thesleeve 92'and at its opposite end in the bearing 143, and, as explainedabove, is in driving engagement with the upper roll 85 through themedium of the gears 86 and 87. Formed integrally with the lower bearing93 is the upwardly' extending arm 144, to which is pivotally connectedat 145 the upper bearmg 146, which at its forward end is provided withthe opening147, (see Fig. 3), there being one of these upper bearingsfor each end of f the wringer. Rotatably connected with the upperbearings 146 by means of pins 148 passing through the openings 147 isthe upper roll guard plate 149. Extending up- Wardly from 'the lowerbearing 93 and on the side opposite from the arm 144 is the arm 150,which at its upper end is provided with the outwardly extending flange151, through which flange slidably extends the rod 152, provided at itsupper end with the hook 153, which hook is adapted to take over the pin148. Encircling the rod 152 and confined between the flange` 151 and anut 154 adjustable on the lower threaded end of rod 152 is the coilspring 155, the function of which is to exert a continuous downwardvided near its upper end with the projection 156 for engagement with theupper side of the flange '151, whereby to limit this downward movement.By adjusting the nut 154 on the rod- 152 the tension of the spring maylar arrangement of bolt and hook at -each end of the wringer,as shown inFig. 2. The pin 148, as best shown in Fig. 9, is slotted at 157, thefunction of which slot is to cause the remaining ortion of the pin toact as a cam surface, w ereby, as will be understood from an inspectionof Fig. 9, a half rotation of pin 148 will release the hook 153 andallow the rod 152 to move downwardly under action of spring 155. Thishalf rotation of pin 148 is effected by grasping the handle 158 of plate149 and swinging the same through substantially one hundred and eightydegrees towards thel front, thus in turn rotatmg pin 148 to releasehooks 153, as explained above. Fig. 9 shows the plate 149 before beingrotated. Fig. 10 shows this plate after being rotated approximately onehundred and eighty degrees to the front, and

clearly illustrates the manner 1n which the hook 153 is released.Immediately upon this release of the hook, the upper bearings 146 may beswung upwardly carrying therewith the upper rolls 85, thus providing astructure which can be quickly manipulated in order to release anyhunched or entangled clothes between the rolls when such is necessary.As is apparent, the upper bearings may be quickly and easily locked inoperative position 'by a reverse operation ot the parts just described.In order to hold the guard plate 142 in proper spaced relation from theupper roll, there is provided on this plate a lug 159, which comes incontact with a suitable bearing surface on the upper bearing in order tohold this plate in the desired position.

Having now described my invention, l claim:

1. In a device ofthe class described, a vertical power shaft, a wringerin operative relation to the power shaft, the wringer being so mountedas to enable it to be swungin a substantially horizontal plane from oneposition to another about the shaft as an axis and also so mounted as toswing to different positions about a horizontal axis.

2. In a device of the class described, a vertical power shaft, a wringerin operative rclation to the power shaft, a drain board carried by saidwringer, the wringer being somounted so as to enable it to be swung in asubstantially horizontal plane from one position to another about theshaft as an axis and also so mounted as to tilt about a horizontal axisin said swung positions, whereby to shift said drain board toaccommodate wringing in either direction.

3. In a machine'of the class described, a support, a shaft on thesupport, a wringer, rolls mounted on the wringer, means for driving thewringer rolls from the shaft and for mounting the wringer to permit" itto move about the shaft as an axis in aplu-v rality of planes disposedangularly to each other.

4; In combination, a support, a power shaftthereon, a wringer includingrolls, means for mounting said wringer on said support to permitmovement of the wringer about a vertical axis and means to permitmovement of the wringer about an axis perpendicularito said verticalaxis, said means including a driving connection from said power shaft tosaid wringer rolls.

5. In a washing machine, a support, a vertical power shaft, opposedbevel gears loosely mounted thereon, an interposed clutch forselectively driving said gears, a bevel gear meshing with said opposedbevel gears, a horizontal shaft rigid with said single bevel gear, awringer frame pivotally mounted on said horizontal shaft, wringer rollson said wringer and a driving connection between said horizontal shaftand said rolls.

6. A wringer comprising a pair of rolls, bearings for said rolls, theupper bearing being pivotally interconnected with the lower bearing,means for maintaining said rolls in cooperative engagement, resilientmeans adapted to be tensioned by the con tacting engagement of saidrolls, and a single means for instantaneously releasing Said rolls forpermitting said upper bearing to be swung away from the lower bearing toSeparate the rolls, said means being operable to permit the operativere-engagement of said rolls without altering the adjustment of saidresilient means.

7. A wringer comprising a. pair of rolls, bearings for said rolls, theupper bearings being pivotally connected with the lower bearlngs, andmeans for instantaneously swinging the upper bearings away from thelower bearings, whereby to separate the rolls for the removal of hunchedor entangled clothes, said means comprising a swinging plate pivoted tothe upper bearings, means for locking said bearings and rolls inoperative position, said last mentioned -means coinprising a pin andhoolr and resilient means adapted to be tensioned by the operativeengagement of said pin and hook.

8. A wringer comprising a pair of rolls, supports for said rolls, theupper supports being pivoted to the lower supports, a pin carried by oneof said supports, a hook-like member carried by the other support andadapted to engage the pin on the other support, and resilient meansadapted to be tensioned by the operative engagement of said member withsaid pin.

9. A wringer comprising a pair of rolls, bearings for said rolls, theupper bearings being pivoted to the lower bearings, a pin in the upperbearings, and a hook resliently mounted on the lower bearings andadapted to engage over said pin, whereby to resilient- 1y hold saidrolls together in operative position, and a swinging plate carried bysaid pin, said pin being so formed that upon rotation of said plate,said hook and pin will become disengaged to permit the upper bearingsand roll to be swung away from the lower.

10. A wringer mechanism comprising a first support, a roll thereon, asecond support, a roll thereon, means for mounting said supports topermit them to pivot relatively for effecting a relative shiftingmovement between said rolls from a spaced apart relation to an operativeengagement, resilient means adapted to be tensioned when said rolls areoperatively engaged, means for adjusting the tension of said resilientmeans, cooperative latching means carried by the first and secondsupports, and a single manually shiftable means carried by a conspicuousportion of one of said supports and operatively connected to thelatching means carried by one of said supports for positively shiftinasaid supports relatively and for bringing the rolls thereof intooperative engagement against the tension of said resilient means withoutaltering the adjustment of said resilient means. y

1l. A wringer mechanism comprising a support, a roll thereon, a secondsupport, a roll carried thereby, means for shiftably mounting saidsupports to permit said supports and the rolls thereof to be movedrelatively wide apart or to be moved together with the rolls inoperative engagement, a quick release comprising a manually shiftablemeans carried by one of said supports and including a member adapted tobe shifted entirely free of the other support to permit the rolls to bemoved relatively wide apart and adapted to be moved into engagement withsaid other support to force the supports together and positively engagethe rolls, and resilient means adapted to be tensioned when said rollsare positively engaged by the engaging movement of said manually shiftable member.

l2. A wringer comprising lower bearings, a drain board extending betweensaid bearings, a support for said wringer, a sleeve on said support, alower roll journaled in s ald sleeve, one of said lower bearings belngrotatably mounted on said sleeve, whereby said wringer and drain boardmay be rotated on said sleeve to tilt the same for accommodatingwringinof in either direc tion, and an upper roll adapted to cooperatewith said lower roll.

13. ln a machine of the class described, a support, a power driven shaftthereon, a wringer including rolls, means for mounting said wringer onsaid support to permit said wringer to be shifted so as to be disposedin various vertical planes and to permit said wringer to be shifted intoplanes lyin at an angle to the vertical, and means for riving saidwringer rolls -from said power driven shaft in shifted positions of thewringer.

14. A wringer-including a pair of rolls, a vertical shaft, a support forsaid wringer having a horizontal sleeve u on which said wringer isjournaled to permit tilting of the wringer and having a mounting' topermit said support to swing about said vertical shaft, a roll shaftjournaled in said sleeve, a gear on said roll shaft, and means on Saidvertical shaft for engagement with said gear on said horizontal shaft tooperate said roll shaft in either direction.

15. In combination, a support having a vertical shaft provided withopposed bevel gears, a second support mounted to swing in a horizontalplane about said vertical shaft, said second support having a horizontalsleeve, a wringer including a pair of rolls, a roll shaft journaled insaid sleeve whereby said wringer may be pivoted in a vertical planeabout said shaft without interfering with the rotation of the roll, abevel gear on said roll shaft meshing with said opposed bevel gears onsaid vertical shaft,

16. A bracket comprising upper and lower arms, a ,vertical shaftrotatably mounted in said arms, gearing on said shaft,

a housing for said gearing, said housing be` ing rotatably mounted onsaid shaft between said arms, and having a horizontal sleeve thereon, awringer rotatably mounted on said sleeve, whereby said wringer may betilted, a roll shaft journaled in said sleeve adapted to be operated bysaid gearing, said housing and wringer being together horizontallyrotatable about said vertical shaft, and means for locking said wringerand housing in any one ofa plurality of horizontally swung positions,and means for lockin said wringer in tilted position.

. of a power transmission, a wringer support mounted on said bracket torotate about a vertical axis, a wringer mounted on said support torotate -about a horizontal axis, said support including a drivingconnection from said driving element to said wringer.

1'8. A bracket including a driving element of a power transmission, awringer support ane, a drain board on said wringer, shaft-l mg in saidhousing and wringer for operatbracket including a driving element ingthe rolls of said wringer, means for drivin said rolls in eitherdirection, means for loc ing said housing and wringer in any one of aplurality of horizontal positions, and means for locking said 'wringer'and drain board in any one of a plurality of tilted positions. l

20. A wringer mechanismvcomprising a support, a roll thereon, a secondsupport, a roll thereon, means for shiftably mounting said supports topermit said rolls to be moved relatively wide apart or to be moved intoa position of operative engagement, a single quick release for saidrolls comprisingv relatively movable means on Said supports havingcompletely separable portions adapted to be engaged to force said rollsto- 'gether and adapted to be instantaneously and .completely disengagedto permit the free and relatively wide separation of said rolls, andresilient means adapted to be tensioned when said rolls are forced intooperative engagement by said cooperative portions.

21. A wringer mechanism comprising stationary support, a roll thereon,ashlftable top support, a roll thereon, means for permanently pivotingsaid second support to said first Support to permit said supports to bemoved apart or together and to correspondingly shift said rolls from aspaced apartn relation to an operative engagement, resilient meansadapted to be tensioned when said rolls are operatively engaged,latching means on the stationary support, latching means on said secondsupport, said latching means being entirely spaced apart when saidrespective supports are moved apart whereby to permit a relatively wideseparation of said rolls, and a manually shiftable member mounted on aconspicuous portion of said top support and connected to the latchingmeans on said top support for positively drawing said supports togetheragainst the tension of said resilient means.

22. A clothes wringer comprising an u per and a lower roll, means forpivotal y mounting said rolls whereby they may be brought into operatingcontact or swun apart, a plate pivoted at the 'ends of sai wringer,latching mechanism for hol said rolls together, said plate having a hangrasping portion and being shaped to operate said latching mechanism topermit the instant separation of said rolls.

23. In a power driven wringer, a vertical shaft, means for permittin themovement of the wringer about the s aft as an axis and means forpermittin the movement of the wringer about an axls perpendicular to theshaft.

24. In a wringer, a stationary frame having a roll thereon and a pair ofsl'idable locking bolts having hooks, a. frame plvoted to said frame andcarrying a roll, a shiftable top plate having spaced pivots in saidshiftable frame adapted to engage or release the hooks of said lockingbolts on movement of said plate.

25. In a power driven wringer, a vertical shaft, a frame rotatablymounted for movement about the shaft as an axis, wringer mechanism insaid frame, and means for mounting said frame for tilting movement abouta horizontal axis extending lengthwise of said frame.

26. In a power driven wringer, a vertical shaft, a roller carrying framerotatably mounted for movement about the shaft as an axis, said framebeing also rotatably mounted for movement about an axis extendingperpendicularly to the shaft and longitu inally of the frame to permitlateral tilting of the frame, and means for securing said frame invarious of the positions to which it may be moved.

27. In a wringer, a frame, a roll thereon, a second roll adapted to besuperimposed in operative engagement with said first roll, meansincluding a guard plate normally positioned over said top roll andpivotally connected to said frame, said guard plate being shiftablerelatively to said frame whereby to expose said top roll and mechanismfor latching said plate to the frame, said mechanism including a singlemeans forinstantaneously releasing said latching mechanism.

28. A wringer comprising a iirst support, a

wringer roll carried thereby, a second support, a wringer roll thereon,said second support being pivotally connected to said first support topermit said pivoted support to be swung and shift the roll carriedthereby to a position spaced from the roll of said first support or topermit said rolls to be brought together into operative engagement, asingle shiftable instantaneously releasable means carried by said secondsupport adapted to engage cooperative means on said iirst support tomaintain said supports 1n closed position with the rolls in contact andtension-means mounted solely on said first supportand compressed by theclosing of said supports and tending normally to pr'event the separationof said rolls when 1n contacting position.

29. A wrin er comprising a irst support, a roll carrie thereby, a secondsupport, a roll carried thereby, means for pivotally interconnectingsaid supports to permit them to move relatively whereby to shift therolls from a relatively wide spaced apart relation to an -o erativeengagement, resilient means adapte to be tensioned when said rolls arebrought into contact, latching means having a substantially hook-shapedportion carried by one of said supports, a cooperative latching means onthe other support and adapted to be engaged by the substantially`hookshaped portion when said supports are brought together and to beentirely free of said cooperative latching member when said supports areseparated, and a single manually operable member adapted to shift saidsubstantially hook-shaped portion relatively to its support when inengagement with its cooperative member to positively force said rollsinto operative engagement against the tension of said resilient means.

30. In a washing machine, a support, a wringer, rolls for said wringer,a `power shaft on said support, means for driving said rolls from saidpower shaft, and means for mounting said wringer on said support topermit it to swing to various positions and *to move while maintained ina swung posiion.

31. A wringer comprising a iirst support, a roll thereon, a secondsupport, a roll thereon, means for pivotally interconnecting saidsupports to permit one to swing upon the other so as to permit one ofsaid rolls to swing entirely free of the other roll and its support orto permit said rolls to be operatively engaged, a single shitableinstantaneously releasable means carried bv one of said supports adaptedeither to maintain said rolls` `peratively engaged or to permit thequick .elease of said rolls and the substantial swinging movement of oneof said rolls away from the other roll to expose said roll, andresilient means adapted to be tensioned when said rolls are brought intocontact, said quick releasable means being constructed and arranged topermit its resetting and the operative engagement of said rolls withoutchanging the adjustment of the resilient means.

82. A wringer comprising a lower support, a roll thereoman uppersupport, a roll thereon, means forfpivotally mounting said upper supporton said lower support to permit said upper support to swing on saidlower support and arcuately to swing said upper roll into operativeengagement with said lower roll or out of engagement with said lowerroll to remotely separate said rolls, resilient means adapted to betensioned when said rolls are brought into engagement, and a singleinstantaneously releasable means carried by a conspicuous portion of oneof said supports and adapted to maintain said rolls in operativeengagement, said resilient means andv said releasable means beingconstructed and arranged on said supports to permit the operativereengagement of said rolls without changin the adjustment of saidresilient means an the arcuate movement of one of said rolls away fromthe other to a substantially removed position.

33. In a wringer, a stationary frame, a roll thereon, a second rolladapted to be superimposed in operative engagement with said rst roll,means including a top plate normally positioned over said top roll andpivotally connected to said frame, said top plate being shiftablerelatively to said frame whereby to expose said top roll, and mechanismfor latching said top plate to the frame, said mechanism including asingle quick releasing means for instantaneously releasing said latchingmechanism and resilient means adapted to be tensioned by the latchl f"ing of said plate to said frame.

In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name to this specification.

ALBERT J.' DREMEL.

